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TOCWOC Editor’s Note: This one grew out of a research project I’ve been working through for The Siege of Petersburg Online, cataloging the ordnance officers of the Army of Northern Virginia one Compiled Military Service Record at a time. Philip Beverley Stanard was the Third Corps’ Chief Ordnance Officer under A.P. Hill from 1863 to […]
From Battery to Bureau: P.B. Stanard’s Path to Third Corps Ordnance Officer
July 17th, 2026 · No Comments
Categories: Anecdotes · Civil War Individuals · Civil War Research · Eastern Theater
Tags: · army of northern virginia, compiled service records, confederate ordnance bureau, Fold3, fold3.com, ordnance officer, ordnance returns, philip beverley stanard, third corps anv, thomas va light artillery
Reorganizing the Confederate Valley Ordnance Department After the Disaster at Waynesboro
July 12th, 2026 · 2 Comments
Reorganizing the Confederate Valley Ordnance Department After the Disaster at Waynesboro Lt. Col. Briscoe G. Baldwin, Chief of Ordnance, Army of Northern Virginia Briscoe Baldwin isn’t a name that gets much attention outside of Lee’s staff studies, but by the last winter of the war he was about as embedded in the Army of Northern […]
Categories: Anecdotes · Campaigns & Battles · Civil War Individuals · Civil War Research · Letters
Tags: · army of northern virginia, battle of waynesboro, briscoe g. baldwin, compiled service records, confederate ordnance bureau, Fold3, fold3.com, ordnance officer
Civil War Times Illustrated, January 2007
September 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Why Are These Summaries Showing Up Late? Civil War Times Illustrated Volume 45, Number 10 (January 2007) Civil War Times Illustrated Web Site Mail Call…..4 Turning Points: Arming the Confederacy…..9 Josiah Gorgas by Jeffry D. Wert This month Turning Points looks at Brigadier General Josiah Gorgas, chief of the Confederate Ornance Bureau. Gallery: South Carolina […]
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